Remembering Better Times

My poor sweet Zay-zay is cutting molars today.  He woke up from his nap so toasty hot I had to take his temperature.  Sure enough, running a fever and the drool will not stop.  He briefly let me rub his gums and I can feel a couple bumps on the bottom working their way up.  He is whiny, drooly and completely out of sorts.  He's stumbling around like an old man who can't remember how to walk.  I feel so sorry for him.  He didn't want to eat any dinner.  He sucked on a couple spaghetti noodles but didn't want any utensils going into his mouth.  He finally ate some yogurt, only by sucking it off my finger like a little newborn pup.  

Here's hoping this passes quickly.  At least he loved his first taste of chocolate cake on mother's day.  good times.  

Brotherly Adoration

I am so grateful for how much Dace adores his little brother. 

This was April, 2010

And here we are yesterday, May 2011.  No prompting from me at all- he just is always showing so much love for Zade.  May they always be the best of friends....

Mothers Day

Do you remember the last time I blogged about food?.... Me neither.  Which means it has been too long.  So that is what I will focus on for our Mothers Day festivities- what we ate.

Dace got me up at 830 to tell me that breakfast was ready.  Bacon, waffles and grapefruit juice.  yum!  Then off to church.  A quick snapshot before leaving.  My hair looked a lot better than it does in this photo.  I have no idea what was happening here.  ugh

Then after a great day at church and Zade taking a 4 hour nap (which is something he never does, especially on Sunday) we ate the following for dinner:

A nice light garden salad. 

Corned Beef Brisket.  Have you ever had this?  If not, run, don't walk, run to the store and get one today to cook in a slow cooker.  It is all sorts of shut your mouth, slap you gramma kind of good. 

BAKED corn on the cob, drenched in sweet cream butter, sprinkled with kosher sea salt and fresh cracked pepper. 

A nice faux red to compliment the meal. 

All polished off with the delicious chocolate cake.  Oh we were in heaven.  It was so good!  It was Zade's first taste of chocolate cake so I made a little video...which i will post separately.

Sneak Peek- the Boys Suite

The house is starting to come together but I have this thing about not posting pictures until a room is completely done- and decorated.  I'll make a little exception today just to give you something.  The boys are loving how much space they have- in their room and having a yard and safe neighborhood to play in.

Here is what their room looked like BEFORE:

And AFTER:  I'm not doing too much in here for decor until we move Zade into his twin bed, which will be in October.  Then I can get matching bedding and do a common theme throughout the room. 

And then their bathroom/guest bath- BEFORE:

And AFTER:
Dallin put in new tile but we still have to:
-paint the cupboards white
-frame the mirror with black trim
-accent with black and white framed photos
-black and white boxes for sink area and on toilet for Zade's wipes.

I based the concept on a photo from pottery barn.  it's going to look so good once it all comes together.

The Very Hungry Pallow-Pallow

Dace has been reading/reciting this book for over a month now.  This was the first chance I had to sneak up on him and video it.

Every Little Boy's Dream

my video glitched.  I try again tomorrw.  In the meantime, enjoy these 2 pics....

This is the only picture that Dallin took while I was in Canada.  Sunday morning before church.  He said it was to prove that they got dressed at least once while I was away.  haha!

Zade found this hat in my winter box and it is his new soft thing to lug around the house.  He is in love with it!

An Easter weekend Wedding

My beautiful sister Brittany got married last week in Southern Alberta. With the exception of one sister, all of us were there- 6 siblings and my parents.  It has been close to 12 years since we have been all together.  I flew up all by myself for a 6 day getaway; Dallin stayed at home with the boys.  It was a wonderful break from motherhood and it was an honor to use my time away to attend such a wonderful event. 

The temple marriage was Saturday morning in Cardston followed by a sweet reception in Lethbridge.  It was such a great and emotional experience for me, for everyone I think.  The spirit was so strong both at the sealing and at the reception.  It was wonderful to feel that power and refill my spiritual reservoir, something that gets low after so many hours at church pacing the halls with babies instead of being in meetings.  So the weekend was something I definitely needed and I LOVE seeing my family.  We didn't stop laughing from the moment we got together til the moment we parted ways, except for those few moments here and there where heartfelt tears were shed instead. 

Brittany and Aaron made a beautiful bride and groom.  I send them all my love and best of luck in their marriage.  From here to eternity.....



Charelle-my older sister, Heather and me.  Heather is like another sister to us.  Our families were one and the same during childhood.  We were so thrilled she made the sacrifice to come.  The three of us haven't been together in several years. 



The Racicot gang's all here...almost.  We missed ya, Noon!

This is my favorite picture that I took all weekend. 

Lil sibs- but not so little anymore. 

A happy mama and papa. 

The beautiful bride and the beautiful dress.